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04 Oct 07 - 03:44 AM (#2163391) Subject: Lyr Add: I'LL SEE YOU IN C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: Jim Dixon From the sheet music at Indiana University Sheet Music Collections. I'LL SEE YOU IN C-U-B-A Irving Berlin New York: Irving Berlin, Inc., © 1920. 1. Not so far from here, There's a very lively atmosphere. Ev'rybody's going there this year; And there's a reason the season opened last July. Ever since the USA went dry, Ev'rybody's going there and I'm going too. I'm on my way to-- CHORUS: Cuba, there's where I'm going. Cuba, there's where I'll stay: Cuba, where wine is flowing, And where dark-eyed Stellas Light their fellers' panatelas. Cuba, where all is happy, Cuba, where all is gay. Why don't you plan a wonderful trip To Havana? Hop on a ship And I'll see you in C-U-B-A. 2. Take a friend's advice: Drinking in a cellar isn't nice. Anybody who has got the price Should be a Cuban. Have you been longing for the smile That you haven't had for quite a while? If you have, then follow me and I'll show the way. Come on along to-- CHORUS [This song is full of delightful internal rhymes: reason/season, Stellas/fellas'/panatelas, plan-a/Havana, see-you/C-U, Cuban/you-been.] |
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04 Oct 07 - 06:29 AM (#2163463) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: Mick Pearce (MCP) Jim Couza used to do a nice version of this. (And Bing Crosby sang it in Blue Skies, 1946, largely a film vehicle for Berlin's songs, mostly written earlier). I've always had a soft spot for the song! Mick |
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04 Oct 07 - 08:48 AM (#2163545) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: Stewie And the Austin Lounge Lizards on their 'Lizard Vision' album - with a few additional lyrics and a beaut instrumental break. --Stewie. |
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04 Oct 07 - 04:50 PM (#2163920) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berli From: Jon Bartlett I learnt the song from Ruthie Gorton of LA, about 1976/7. To be sung with a twinkle, of course, especially sung alongside MacColl's "Granma" Jon Bartlett |
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04 Oct 07 - 06:20 PM (#2163992) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: Cool Beans The Chenille Sisters do a lovely rendition, too. |
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04 Oct 07 - 06:22 PM (#2163997) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: Cool Beans My daughter, who spent a month in Cuba for her study abroad program, says it's nothing like that these days, although she did bring home a nice box of Cohiba cigars. (This is a big deal only in the US where everything Cuba is forbidden.) |
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04 Oct 07 - 07:24 PM (#2164040) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: Q (Frank Staplin) Still very popular for Canadians looking for a warm place to spend their 2-3 week yearly vacation. A number of good package deals from here in Alberta. |
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04 Oct 07 - 07:25 PM (#2164041) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: 12-stringer For a decent download (from 78RPM) of the song by Billy Murray, look here (scroll down the page for it -- "Cuba" is spelled straight, not "C-U-B-A" on the page): http://www.archive.org/details/BillyMurray_part2 Lots of excellent ragtime novelty songs on this page, and elsewhere in the Billy Murray collections at archive.org. |
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04 Oct 07 - 08:28 PM (#2164072) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: Q (Frank Staplin) The sheet music linked by Jim Dixon brought a lot of memories. My parents played old Ted Lewis records ("Is everybody happy?") and this was one of his hits, but I don't remember it- their collection was later. Irving Berlin seldom wrote a bad lyric and his music was always tops. |
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17 Apr 12 - 05:34 AM (#3339435) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: MorwenEdhelwen1 Can anyone confirm whether or not this song is in the public domain in the U.S.? From my understanding of American copyright law, all works published before 1923 in the U.S. are in public domain, but I can't find this song on any lists of public domain songs. Is it in the public domain in America? |
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17 Apr 12 - 05:37 AM (#3339436) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: MorwenEdhelwen1 It should be in public domain from what I've read (published in 1920). |
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17 Apr 12 - 05:43 AM (#3339439) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: MorwenEdhelwen1 ETA: Am asking because of a story I'm working set in an alternate Cuba, where a character sings the song. |
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17 Apr 12 - 08:05 AM (#3339486) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: MorwenEdhelwen1 Refresh. Although I have been doing some research on this. |
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17 Apr 12 - 02:47 PM (#3339627) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: GUEST It may not be in the public domain in your Alternate Cuba. The laws are different in Alternative worlds. |
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17 Apr 12 - 03:18 PM (#3339644) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: Suzy T. And don't forget the version recorded by Any Old Time String Band in 1977 (that's where the Chenille Sisters learned it, and I'm pretty sure the Austin Lounge Lizards too)! Kate Brislin and Genny Haley sang the hell out of it! |
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19 Apr 12 - 12:51 AM (#3340244) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: MorwenEdhelwen1 No-one's answered my question. Is it PD? |
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19 Apr 12 - 07:53 PM (#3340631) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: MorwenEdhelwen1 refresh. This question is serious. |
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20 Apr 12 - 09:57 AM (#3340836) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: GUEST,leeneia Hi, Morwen. We're not being rude. It's just that US copyright law is so complicated. Here's a summary: -------- Works Originally Created and Published or Registered before January 1, 1978: Under the law in effect before 1978, copyright was secured either on the date a work was published with a copyright notice or on the date of registration if the work was registered in unpublished form. In either case, the copyright endured for a first term of twenty-eight years from the date it was secured. During the last (twenty-eighth) year of the first term, the copyright was eligible for renewal. The Copyright Act of 1976 extended the renewal term from twenty-eight to forty-seven years for copyrights that were subsisting on January 1, 1978, or for pre-1978 copyrights restored under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA), making these works eligible for a total term of protection of seventy-five years. Public Law 105-298, also known as the "Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998", was enacted on October 27, 1998, and further extends the renewal term of copyrights still subsisting on that date by an additional twenty years, providing for a renewal term of sixty-seven years and a total term of protection of ninety-five years. Public Law 102-307, enacted on June 26, 1992, amended the 1976 Copyright Act to provide for automatic renewal of the term of copyrights secured between January 1, 1964, and December 31, 1977. Public Law 102-307 makes renewal registration optional. Therefore filing for renewal registration is no longer required in order to extend the original twenty-eight year copyright term to the full ninety-five years. However, some benefits result from making a renewal registration during the twenty-eighth year of the original term. ------- It is likely that the works of Irving Berlin have been given all the copyright ptotection possible. If we suppose his estate went for the "full 95 years," then copyright for the Cuba song won't expire until Dec 31, 2015. Bad luck! |
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20 Apr 12 - 10:19 PM (#3341125) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: MorwenEdhelwen1 Thanks, leeneia. Suppose I'll have to go with paraphrasing then. |
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21 Apr 12 - 02:23 AM (#3341159) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: Joe Offer I think leeneia is mistaken. Until 1998, copyright protection was publication plus 75 years, so everything published 1923 or before is in public domain all over the world. Gets complicated AFTER that, but 1923 and before is simple. -Joe - |
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21 Apr 12 - 10:31 AM (#3341291) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: GUEST,leeneia Yes, Joe, I think you're right. Go with Joe, Morwen. Too bad nobody can write this up in a simple, crystal-clear manner, eh? When I started searching, I thought, "Why not go straight to the site of the Copyright Office for the info?" To my surprise, the law PDF starts with works published in 1978 - doesn't even discuss anything earlier. It's nuts. |
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10 Jun 13 - 05:28 AM (#3524712) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: MorwenEdhelwen1 @leeneia: This is late, but yes, the law ''is'' complicated. |
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10 Jun 13 - 07:44 PM (#3525020) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: I'll See You in C-U-B-A (Irving Berlin) From: MorwenEdhelwen1 * is*. |